How can you get a file into a VM without creating a potential malware breach? I was told to kill the internet connection, disable any type of sharing with the host, no copy paste, and no sharing disks, but how would I be able to get the files into the VM if it is secure from both sides? The file in question is about 36GB and there is a second file that is 678MB.

Thank you.

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[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

encode it in base 64 and type it in

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I can’t imagine how long it would take to do that with a 32GB file, or how many errors it they would have by the end.

[–] Yourname942@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What would take long? Also, why would there be errors?

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

Manually typing the base64 encoded 32GB file? Open up a terminal and type echo “example text” | base64, then imagine inputing the result of piping 32GB to it instead of 13 characters.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

You could actually do it! If you founded a small dynasty of humans willing to type relentlessly for many hundreds of years, in succession.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

don't rush too much, and triple check everything